Government & Public Sector

By the end of the year, patients suffering from a painful gastrointestinal (GI) problem will be able to swallow a vitamin-sized electronic "pill" that can collect data from their bodies and wirelessly send it to a nearby device.

From AOL and RealPlayer to IE 6 and Microsoft Bob, these products have managed to make our lives more difficult, challenging and just plain annoying.

PCworld.ca brings you the 25 tech products that have made our lives more difficult, challenging or just plain annoying.

From AOL and RealPlayer to IE 6 and Microsoft Bob, these products have managed to make our lives more difficult, challenging and just plain annoying.

From AOL and RealPlayer to IE 6 and Microsoft Bob, these products have managed to make our lives more difficult, challenging and just plain annoying.

From AOL and RealPlayer to IE 6 and Microsoft Bob, these products have managed to make our lives more difficult, challenging and just plain annoying.

Fighting crime in Alberta just got a little easier with a $100 million investment from the provincial government in a new IT strategy for police services

These products are so bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame. At PC World, we spend most of our time talking about products that make your life easier or your work more productive. But, it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long after their shrinkwrap has shriveled, and that make tech editors cry out, "What have I done to deserve this?"